Kennedy touts Amendment 23 in first ad

Democratic Treasurer Cary Kennedy[1] takes aim at her Republican opponent’s views of Amendment 23[2] in the first TV ad of her re-election campaign, which airs starting tomorrow in the Denver and Colorado Springs areas.

Walker Stapleton[3] has criticized Amendment 23, a Constitutional change meant to guarantee increases to K-12 funding every year. That amendment came under fire during the legislative session when some lawmakers lamented guaranteed increases at a time when other budgets faced cuts.

Kennedy authored the amendment.

“Education needs to be our state’s top priority,” Kennedy says in the ad. “I’ll continue to fight for our schools.”